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It didn't rain so this evening I went through all of my hives. The one I hate is a goner...no queen, no brood. My favorite hive has queen cells. I'm thinking it swarmed and that's what I caught in the post above. I'm good with tha, they're great.
One of the cutouts froma couple of weeks ago, the one I knew I had a queen is going great. I put a honey Super on that hive today....but I'm a little concerned by how much drone brood I saw. Didn't see a queen cell but it makes me wonder if they are planning to swarm. The other one from the cutout looks good, but I didn't see a queen or any brood. I'm going to have to buy a queen or rib a frame of brood and queen cells from my big hive or from a friend.
I moved the swarm I caught in my apple tree to another place for a few days in case they came from my hive. They would be confused and get lost if I don't relocate them for a few days. I'll bring them back to my yard in a few days and they should be good to go.
I made a mistake today in that I worked them late in the afternoon. They were stirred up because I was so deep into all of the hives. I was stung on a finger and forearm, not a big deal. Then I took my hood off as I finished and got piled. I was stung 3-4 times on the head and 4 behind my left ear....right where the ear attaches to your head. That's one of the worst spots to date FYI. By far the most sore spot and I can feel swelling in my ear and down my neck. Those weren't fun, but I know some of you are cheering for the wrecks.
My ear feels like cauliflower ear.....it's hot and sore. I might tape these wind scoops down to my head next time.....
On the bright side, I won't have to bitch about that shitty, smelly, bug infested hive anymore.
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